® 1686 Birth of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer. ® 1809 ..

... ® 1686 Birth of Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, German physicist who invented the mercury thermometer. ® 1809 Dartmoor Prison was opened to house French prisoners of war. From 1850 it was used for convicts. ® 1895 The first stage knighthood was conferred, ...

Published: Saturday 24 May 1997
Newspaper: Northampton Chronicle and Echo
County: Northamptonshire, England
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Evening Herald Monday March 10 1997 & Local News PAGE 3 Dartmoor’s ‘Victorian dungeon’ A SEGREGATION unit at ..

... Evening Herald Monday March 10 1997 & Local News PAGE 3 Dartmoor’s ‘Victorian dungeon’ A SEGREGATION unit at Dartmoor Prison had the “look and feel” of a Victorian dungeon according to a report published today The unit which normally holds up to 20 unruly ...

Published: Monday 10 March 1997
Newspaper: Western Evening Herald
County: Devon, England
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SOUTH WALES ECHO Thursday January 9th 1997 Local News 39 IPOETS’ STYMIED AN inmate of Dartmoor prison doing ten ..

... SOUTH WALES ECHO Thursday January 9th 1997 Local News 39 IPOETS’ STYMIED AN inmate of Dartmoor prison doing ten years for using a gun One day while feeling quite fed up decided to go on the run The plan that he then came up with was one that could make ...

Published: Thursday 09 January 1997
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1708 | Page: 39 | Tags: none

WHAT'S ON NOW Friday November 21 1997 5 Former prison boss now bard A FORMER governor of HM Dartmoor Prison

... WHAT'S ON NOW Friday November 21 1997 5 Former prison boss now bard A FORMER governor of HM Dartmoor Prison features in a ground-breaking show being staged tonight at Totnes’s newly-opened Ariel Centre Autumn Serenade features musician and photographer ...

HE3 8 HERALD EXPRESS MONDAY MARCH 10 1997 Dungeon' jibe over Moor prison unit A SEGREGATION unit at Dartmoor Prison

... HE3 8 HERALD EXPRESS MONDAY MARCH 10 1997 Dungeon' jibe over Moor prison unit A SEGREGATION unit at Dartmoor Prison described as a roof-leaking chilly and damp Victorian dungeon should be closed down if it’s not improved HM Chief Inspector of Prisons ...

Babies claim: More

... cost to the NHS, warned childbirth expert, Professor Nicholas Fisk. Jail rap: The punishment block for unruly inmates at Dartmoor Prison looks and feels like a Victorian dungeon, says an official inspection report. Bingo numbers: Here are the bingo numbers ...

Published: Monday 10 March 1997
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 102 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Body-belt death of violent prisoner was Elaß=loloilo[=Tgl

... after 24 hours handcuffed in a leather body belt. Dennis Stevens, a%ed 29, from Bristol, was restrained for 20 minutes by Dartmoor prison officers, after punching one of them, before being placed in the belt, the inquest in Exeter as was told yesterday. Stevens ...

Published: Friday 19 December 1997
Newspaper: Wolverhampton Express and Star
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 168 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

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... footballer, pictured, 31 Bt .| invented the mercury thermometer. 2 4 1 el o Liz McCol Siois: Sletared el { | ® 1809 Dartmoor Prison was opened to s Y i s | house French prisoners of war. From Sat @ Stanley Baxter, comedian, 69 - | | 1850 it was used ...

PAGE 18 Evening Herald Tuesday March 11 1997 r' Life in ‘The Moor’ I A NEW report has likened part

... Moor’ I A NEW report has likened part of Dartmoor Prison to a Victorian dungeon But as CHRIS TINKLER discovered there were also areas for praise Funding cuts could undo good progress GOVERNORS at Dartmoor Prison have welcomed a spot-check report as proof ...

Published: Tuesday 11 March 1997
Newspaper: Western Evening Herald
County: Devon, England
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Affair claim at prison

... World. Ms Horner (31) is currently on sick leave from the prison and Langton (28) is thought to have been transferred to Dartmoor Prison. It was claimed in Sunday’'s paper that Langton was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1992 after he and an accomplice threw ...

Published: Wednesday 22 October 1997
Newspaper: Bucks Herald
County: Buckinghamshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 221 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PAGE Evening Herald Saturday January 25 1997 Local News WRENS GO TO WAR TO KEEP ROYAL APPOINTMENT SPANISH FREEHOLD

... to do and how it works during the ultimate test of action sta- A REHABILITATION programme for sex offence prisoners at Dartmoor Prison has a month-long waiting list A lack of resources at the moorland jail is being blamed for the queue for places on the ...

Published: Saturday 25 January 1997
Newspaper: Western Evening Herald
County: Devon, England
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